by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Come into the garden, Maud See original
Language: English
1. Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the roses blown. 2. For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky, To faint in the light of the sun she loves. To faint in his light, and to die. 1. Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the roses blown. ... 4. I said to the lily, 'There is but one With whom she has heart to be gay. When will the dancers leave her alone? She is weary of dance and play.' Now half to the setting moon are gone, And half to the rising day; Low on the sand and loud on the stone The last wheel echoes away. 1. Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the roses blown. ...
Composition:
- Set to music by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Come into the garden, Maud", published 1880, stanzas 1-2,1,4,1 [ voice and piano ], New York, Harper & Brothers, in Songs from the Published Writings of Alfred Tennyson. Set to Music by Various Composers
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Maud, Part 1, no. 22, first published 1855
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Line count: 85
Word count: 535